Mara certainly had a strong track record prior to “The Social Network.” She appeared in “Youth in Revolt,” “Tanner Hall,” and this year’s reboot of the “Nightmare on Elm Street ...

More stories by Nigel M. When news hit that Mara nabbed the lead, the world seemed to blurt out a collective “eh?” — mirroring the reaction Peter Parker’s camp received when Garfield was ...

Rooney Mara: 'The Social Network changed my life' Rooney Mara explains why she didn't work for a year after The Social Network. By Justin Harp Published: 02 January 2012. NBCUPHOTOBANK/Rex Features .

Prior to standout roles in The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara starred in the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. However, the experience very nearly caused her to quit ...

Rooney Mara said that after "A Nightmare on Elm Street," she didn't "want to act unless I'm doing stuff ... "The Social Network," which also led to Mara working with the director on "The Girl With ...

Rooney Mara isn't known for playing nice. The two-time Oscar-nominated actress has long portrayed characters that might be described as somber, spiky or subdued. She brilliantly dressed down Jesse ...

Most folks likely know Rooney Mara for her long and carefully curated acting career since she first broke through in the early 2010s with a pair of high-profile, back-to-back roles in The Social ...

Rooney Mara is part of the A-list ensemble of Oscar ... She brilliantly dressed down Jesse Eisenberg's haughty Mark Zuckerberg in "The Social Network," and dispensed violent revenge as a ...

Jamie Bell and Kate Mara at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Patron of the Artists Awards 2017. ; Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix at the 'You Were Never Really Here' film premiere in April 2018.

Even though Rooney Mara had everyone rallying behind her as Mark Zuckerberg’s ex-girlfriend in The Social Network, the actress was pretty close to ending her movie career just before she landed ...